Through producing a music magazine, the student learned skills in Photoshop, InDesign, and photography. Prior experience with Photoshop and InDesign proved limited for magazine layout. Photoshop was too restrictive for cover design while InDesign allowed flexibility with images and boxes. Photography involved reviewing front covers and spreads to determine needed shots. Photoshop was used to remove backgrounds, edit images, and add effects like shadows and glows. InDesign skills like setting up double page spreads and inserting text boxes improved over the course of the project.

1. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT
ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM
THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT
?
Olivia Dexter

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Throughout the production of my music magazine I have developed skills
within photography, InDesign and Photoshop.
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Prior to the production of my magazine I had already a basic understanding of
how to use both Photoshop and InDesign as I had previously used both in
gsce. Initially I began making all of my magazine pages on
Photoshop, however I found it to limiting. When it came to the magazine
cover as there is little flexibility use images and boxes which are necessary to
make the cover eye-catching.
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Within the photography section of my production I looked at images from front
covers, dps and contents pages before taking to images to show the models
what I wanted from them. It also gave me an idea of what types of images I
needed, to make the magazine successful.

3. PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop I used for my cover and
contents page. As Photoshop gave me the
necessary flexibility to make the pop
magazine exciting and attractive to the
target audience.

4. I began by removing the background from the image using the rubber tool. Then
moving the image onto a transparent background and using the magic wand to remove
the background. I then began editing the image. I used this method several times
within my production as all of my images required a form of editing.

5. I then used the buffer tool to clear my models skin and edited the saturation and
contrast in the picture. I also used this method several times within my production .

6. Applying drop shadow gives the
text more definition. I have also
applied an inner glow, outer glow,
inner shadow and inner glow to
the text to give it further
definition. This makes it stand out
more on a blank page

7. INDESIGN- DPS
Through the production of my task I have learnt skills about setting
creating things such as a Double page spread, in this slide I am going to
demonstrate how my skills within this area have considerably improved.
First I began by creating a set of 3 pages and then entering text through
the use of a text box. Within my production I used the same format.

8. 
I then entered the text and images through the use of text boxes and
selecting the image of google.